• Started racing November 1955 (10 years old)
• 2nd in first race (1 mile) York Park Track Launceston Nov 1955
• 1st in second race (1 Mile) York Park Track Launceston Nov 1955
• 1st “B” Grade Juvenile Track champ LACC 1956
• 1st “B” Grade Juvenile Road Champ LACC 1956
• 1st “A” Grade Juvenile Road & Track Champ LACC 1957
• 1st Tasmanian Juvenile 1 mile champs at Campbelltown Dec 1958
• 1st Tasmanian Amateur Junior sprint, time-trial, 5mile Champs in Hobart Feb 1959
• Turned Professional 1960 (15 years old)***Note: in Australian at that time if you competed for cash/prize money you were deemed professional & the professionals had also a Junior division under 18 Years Old
Awards
• **Awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year 1972
• ** Awarded both Australian Professional Road & Track Cyclist of the Year from “Road & Track” magazine readers 1967.
• **Inaugural member of the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame 1967